Round 14: Tossup 6

In a ritual from this region, 40 male and 60 female youths approach across a street and kiss until doused with water. For a daily offering in this region, betel leaf, lime, and gambier (“GAM-beer”) representing the Trimurti are put in small leaf-woven baskets. (10[1])This region’s temples had an empty padmasana (“pahd-MAH-suh-nuh”) or lotus throne added by the Shaivite reformer Nirartha (“nee-RAR-thuh”). This region’s dead are cremated in ornate towers called wadah. This region’s New Year’s Eve is a day of silence that follows the burning (-5[1])of huge, monstrous (-5[1])butakala statues representing adharma. Curved bamboo poles (-5[1])used in this region’s festivals are said to resemble the tail of its panther-like king of the spirits, Barong (10[2]-5[3])(“BAH-rong”). The (10[1])supreme god (10[1]-5[1])Acintya (10[1])(“uh-CHINT-yuh”) is worshipped in this region due to the monotheism requirement of Pancasila (10[1]-5[1])(“pan-chuh-SEE-luh”). For (-5[1])10 points, (-5[1])what (-5[1])island (-5[1])is the only Hindu-majority (10[1]-5[1])province (-5[1])of Indonesia? (10[2])■END■ (10[11]0[3])

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